# Mickey Dolenz IS Newt Gingrich **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757 "2012-03-04T22:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/1 "2012-03-04T22:01:05Z")
I’ve been watching a retrospective on The Monkees, in the wake of Davy Jones’ death, and I couldn’t heklp noticing that Mickey Dolenz (who has gotten back into acting) could play Newt Gingrich without a lot of makeup. Mickey: [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoS2G5FNPshIAzziJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dmickey%2Bdolenz%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dmickey%2Bdolenz%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D42&w=396&h=594&imgurl=www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com%2FCinema%2BSociety%2BMCM%2BHost%2BScreening%2BObsessed%2BrJL8qY-JX6il.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com%2Fpictures%2FFK81cC3il9B%2FCinema%2BSociety%2BMCM%2BHost%2BScreening%2BObsessed%2FrJL8qY-JX6i%2FMicky%2BDolenz&size=57.8+KB&name=Micky+Dolenz+Micky+Dolenz+attends+the+premiere+of+%26quot%3BObsessed%26quot%3B+presented+...&p=mickey+dolenz&oid=554b686b0eab7bd0dea4109413bc10de&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Micky%2BDolenz%2BMicky%2BDolenz%2Battends%2Bthe%2Bpremiere%2Bof%2B%2526quot%253BObsessed%2526quot%253B%2Bpresented%2B...&b=31&ni=96&no=42&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=13ejphikr&sigb=13sc3mj7v&sigi=12n49bidm&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS2G5FNPshIAzziJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dmickey%2Bdolenz%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dmickey%2Bdolenz%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D42&w=396&h=594&imgurl=www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com%2FCinema%2BSociety%2BMCM%2BHost%2BScreening%2BObsessed%2BrJL8qY-JX6il.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com%2Fpictures%2FFK81cC3il9B%2FCinema%2BSociety%2BMCM%2BHost%2BScreening%2BObsessed%2FrJL8qY-JX6i%2FMicky%2BDolenz&size=57.8+KB&name=Micky+Dolenz+Micky+Dolenz+attends+the+premiere+of+%26quot%3BObsessed%26quot%3B+presented+...&p=mickey+dolenz&oid=554b686b0eab7bd0dea4109413bc10de&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Micky%2BDolenz%2BMicky%2BDolenz%2Battends%2Bthe%2Bpremiere%2Bof%2B%2526quot%253BObsessed%2526quot%253B%2Bpresented%2B...&b=31&ni=96&no=42&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=13ejphikr&sigb=13sc3mj7v&sigi=12n49bidm&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8) > **[Micky Dolenz](https://mickydolenz.com/)** > > Home page of Micky Dolenz, a rock artist from Los Angeles, CA. Singer > Musician > Actor > The Monkees > **[Micky Dolenz](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm3681596160/nm0004880)** > > Micky Dolenz Newt [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoS.b5VNP.QgAYWeJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D9&w=2189&h=2822&imgurl=www.reaganrex.org%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2Fnewt-gingrich.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reaganrex.org%2Fwordpress%2Fnewt-gingrich.html&size=3.8+KB&name=Newt+Gingrich+|+Reagan+Rex&p=Newt+Gingrich&oid=32f9a035a4e3dd8f7e3501aa9127f039&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Newt%2BGingrich%2B%257C%2BReagan%2BRex&b=0&ni=96&no=9&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11lf5hcdp&sigb=13b2j0nck&sigi=128gga2e5&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS.b5VNP.QgAYWeJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D9&w=2189&h=2822&imgurl=www.reaganrex.org%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2Fnewt-gingrich.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reaganrex.org%2Fwordpress%2Fnewt-gingrich.html&size=3.8+KB&name=Newt+Gingrich+%7C+Reagan+Rex&p=Newt+Gingrich&oid=32f9a035a4e3dd8f7e3501aa9127f039&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Newt%2BGingrich%2B%257C%2BReagan%2BRex&b=0&ni=96&no=9&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11lf5hcdp&sigb=13b2j0nck&sigi=128gga2e5&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8) [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoTG45VNPVzsAeduJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D33&w=180&h=230&imgurl=www.trueknowledge.com%2Fimages%2Fthumbs%2F180%2F250%2FNewtGingrich.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trueknowledge.com%2Fq%2Ffacts\_about\_\_newt\_gingrich&size=9.9+KB&name=Newt+Gingrich&p=Newt+Gingrich&oid=fb763b9fa67139b2ba00a44c776d4063&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Newt%2BGingrich&b=31&ni=96&no=33&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11pup9s61&sigb=13so6vn1c&sigi=11splds5r&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoTG45VNPVzsAeduJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DNewt%2BGingrich%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D33&w=180&h=230&imgurl=www.trueknowledge.com%2Fimages%2Fthumbs%2F180%2F250%2FNewtGingrich.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trueknowledge.com%2Fq%2Ffacts_about__newt_gingrich&size=9.9+KB&name=Newt+Gingrich&p=Newt+Gingrich&oid=fb763b9fa67139b2ba00a44c776d4063&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Newt%2BGingrich&b=31&ni=96&no=33&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=11pup9s61&sigb=13so6vn1c&sigi=11splds5r&.crumb=mhbZ9QdZbx8) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/2 "2012-03-04T22:40:05Z")
The hell you say! (Though Mickey really should have kept the beard.) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/3 "2012-03-04T22:43:54Z")
I’m not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/4 "2012-03-04T22:45:17Z")
well he started acting being in a circus role and he still would be here. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/5 "2012-03-04T23:44:13Z")
I saw him onstage in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, and he looked positively Newtonian. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/6 "2012-03-05T00:15:44Z")
I don’t see even a remote resemblance. Other than they’re both humanoid. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/7 "2012-03-05T01:41:58Z")
Blasphemy! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/8 "2012-03-05T01:53:19Z")
I don’t see it at all, either. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/9 "2012-03-05T02:50:43Z")
[nitpick] What with all these threads in the wake of Davy’s death, I feel obligated to point out in this one that Micky Dolenz doesn’t spell his first name like Disney’s famous rodent. [Cite](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2hzusE4veM&feature=youtube_gdata_player) [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/10 "2012-03-05T02:59:34Z")
You know, I think Newt could do a mean version of “[Goin’ Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0jRumMJG4)”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/11 "2012-03-05T03:04:30Z")
Nah. If, for some reason, there’s ever a Newt Gingrich movie, he’ll be played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. There’s no way around it. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/12 "2012-03-05T12:41:43Z")
“She turned him into a Newt!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/13 "2012-03-05T12:44:42Z")
I could see the resemblance pretty clearly, watching the documentary yesterday. It was mainly when I saw Dolenz from the side. But I couldn’t find side views of Dolenz and Gingrich. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/14 "2012-03-05T19:26:16Z")
If Newt Gingrich looked like Micky Dolenz looks in that first linked picture, I would at least understand why women would sleep with him. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/15 "2012-03-05T20:35:24Z")
I can see that, what about Rick Zsantorum and Bashad Assad (syrian dictator)? :dubious::eek:😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mickey-dolenz-is-newt-gingrich/614757/16 "2012-03-05T22:11:44Z")
Not seeing it.